Trying to come to terms with rent discrepancies at Chinatown Complex
By Daniel Goh A month back I received a letter from NEA that The Good Beer Company’s lease at Chinatown Complex was coming to an end and needs to
View ArticleGovt announces options for lease buyback scheme
The Minister of National Development, Khaw Boon Wan, has announced that senior Singaporeans will be allowed to choose different lengths of leases when they take up the lease buyback scheme.
View Article“Sure make money” investment? (A parallel to how CPF is used)
By Leong Sze Hian What if someone suggest to you that you can borrow against the equity of your residential property(ies), shares, investment funds, bank deposits and other assets, at
View ArticleCaning is torture and racist in origin: M Ravi
By Ariffin Sha On 22 August, a constitutional challenge against judicial caning was heard in Singapore’s highest court, the Court of Appeal. It was filed by lawyer M. Ravi on behalf
View ArticleClearing the Haze: Solutions at hand
“Clearing the Haze” is a feature series by The Online Citizen that brings you into the core of the trans-boundary haze issue. Our reporting team joined volunteers from local haze
View ArticleSeller of Jihadist flag denies link to ISIS
The owner of Albenyahya Enterprise, the company that was alleged to have been selling flags related to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has denied the allegations of his
View ArticleNo job protection for elderly cardboard collectors and karung gunis
By Singapore Armchair Critic On 2 September, the local Shin Min Daily News picked up the story of a Chinatown cardboard collector that first appeared online. The 67-year-old woman, who
View Article“Totally irresponsible” to support IS, says Yaacob Ibrahim
The Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Yaacob Ibrahim, says it is “totally irresponsible” to show support for the Islamic State (IS), a jihadist group fighting to establish a caliphate in
View ArticleBBC censored lesbian “kiss” scene according to S’pore regulation
The BBC censored a scene in the tv series, “Dr Who” in order “to comply with the MDA broadcast code in Singapore.” The deleted scene in the sci-fi series,
View ArticleHonour in Singapore – Relooking objectives and funding
Honour in Singapore” is a mini series by TOC following the recent formation of the Honour (Singapore) non-profit organisation, made up of distinguished individuals closely related to the government and...
View ArticleFrustrations of people “have reduced”: PM Lee
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong feels that people are less upset now about things which they were frustrated about in the past. In a radio call-in programme last weekend,
View ArticleYes to solar panels, savings for Singaporeans? – SDP
By Howard Lee The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has welcomed the Singapore government’s plans to install more solar panels in Singapore, but has also expressed that the resulting energy savings
View ArticleAustralian expat charged for assault on jazz singer
Australian expatriate, Aaron Jeremiejczyk, who was accused of punching local jazz musician Dawn Ho in March in Sentosa, has been charged for the alleged assault. Mr Jeremiejczyk has claimed
View ArticleA story from my dad on Teachers’ Day
Ng Yi-Sheng It’s Teachers’ Day, so I thought I’d share a little story from my dad. It’s about a special teacher he had, almost exactly fifty years ago, in the
View ArticleRedefining success “starting to take effect”, PM Lee says
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says the Government’s move to redefine what constitutes success beyond paper qualifications is starting to take effect. As an example, he said “parents are
View ArticleMother’s attempt to snatch son in S’pore ends in arrest
A custody battle in London between the father and the mother of a two-year old child has resulted in the mother being arrested in Singapore. It all started when
View ArticleChinese nationals volunteers harangued at soup kitchen
Willing Hearts, a non-governmental charity organisation, has posted a statement about how some of its volunteers, who are also Chinese nationals, were harangued by others (apparently Singaporeans) at...
View ArticleTwo alternate narratives of Singapore’s history at FreedomFilmFest
By Howard Lee FreedomFilmFestival (FFF), Malaysia’s most established annual human rights film festival, launches in Petaling Jaya tomorrow with a line up of 12 films, and will continue to 26 October
View ArticleUnauthorised trap used by contractor: AVA on death of stray dog
By Howard Lee The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has responded to a video on the Sg Dogslover Facebook page, which showed a dog killed by a dog trap, to
View ArticlePope should head “United Religions”: former Israeli president
Pope Francis should head a new UN-style “Organisation of United Religions”, or “United Religions”, to “combat violence in God’s name”, said former Israeli president, Shimon Peres, on Thursday. The
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